An example method of displaying a data visualization includes displaying a graphical user interface that includes three distinct regions, and receiving user actions to associate two different fields with two different shelves. The method also includes generating, in accordance with the received user actions, data marks to be displayed in a data visualization, each data mark corresponding to a respective retrieved tuple of data from a multidimensional database, where (i) each data mark has an x-position defined according to data for a first field in the respective tuple and (ii) each data mark has a y-position defined according to data for a second field in the respective tuple. The method also includes displaying a data visualization that includes the generated data marks.
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3. The method of claim 2, wherein each data mark has a z-position defined according to data for the respective third field in the respective tuple.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein each data mark has a shape, size, or color defined according to data for the respective third field in the respective tuple.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein each data mark has a label, displayed as part of the data visualization, defined according to data for the respective third field in the respective tuple.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second region is at least partially adjacent to the first region.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first and second user selections comprises detecting two distinct drag-and-drop operations.
10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein each data mark has a z-position defined according to data for the respective third field in the respective tuple.
11. The computer system of claim 9, wherein each data mark has a shape, size, or color defined according to data for the respective third field in the respective tuple.
12. The computer system of claim 9, wherein each data mark has a label, displayed as part of the data visualization, defined according to data for the respective third field in the respective tuple.
13. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the second region is at least partially adjacent to the first region.
14. The computer system of claim 8, wherein receiving the first and second user selections comprises detecting two distinct drag-and-drop operations.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein receiving the first and second user selections comprises detecting two distinct drag-and-drop operations.
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